How do I setup mpd and ncmpcpp for runit?

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How do I setup mpd and ncmpcpp for runit?

31 July 2022, 21:17:13

I've managed to figure this out somehow the first time I've tried, but now I forgot how I did it. I think it was because I've managed to make mpd not run as root.

I've tried Runit for user-services and when I entered

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sv status /home/user/.service/mpd/

, I got this

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fail: /home/user/.service/mpd/: runsv not running

. I don't know what to do. and I don't want to waste anymore time searching all over the internet.

Re: How do I setup mpd and ncmpcpp for runit?

Reply #1 – 01 August 2022, 02:49:21

Wait, did you just install the mpd package instead of the mpd-runit package? If so, try installing the mpd-runit package and try setting up the service again.

And regarding ncmpcpp, it is only available in the Arch Linux repositories.

I hope I have helped you!

Sincerely,

Lennart Trannel

Re: How do I setup mpd and ncmpcpp for runit?

Reply #2 – 01 August 2022, 03:18:48

I figured out how to get mpd working. The only problem I have now is ncmpcpp not playing audio. When I try to play a track. it just stays paused while only playing 1 frame of the song's scrolling text animation.

I installed mpd and mpd-runit.

Re: How do I setup mpd and ncmpcpp for runit?

Reply #3 – 01 August 2022, 07:20:02

The audio wasn't working for me, because mpd was already running as a user-service from .service in my /home/ directory. So I moved the user-service folder somewhere else so that it wouldn't run on start-up anymore, and just ran mpd in the terminal manually instead. I can finally play audio in ncmpcpp now.

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